Juice extractor



May 23, 1933. l.. H. MORIN 1,910,559

JUCE EXTRACTOR Filed Sept. 10,-1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l MEW ATTORNEY l.. H. MORIN JUICE EXTRACTOR Filed sept.

May 23, 1933.

IO, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheetv 2 ATTORNEY ParentalA May 23, 1933 UNITED STATESA PATENT oFFl-CE LOUIS H. HOREN', 0l' NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO DIE-CASTDG 00., A

' CORPORATION OF NEW YORK JUICE Exmcroa Application med September 10, 1931. Serial No. 562,000.

through which the pressed out juice may iow. Juice-extracting presses of this kind have been found to be particularlyA advantageous for use in presslng out the juice of citrus fruits, such as oranges and the like.

In such case the fruit is cut in half and a fruit half is then placed in the extracting device with its cut side resting against the 15 strainer plate. Then when the plunger is operated it folds and collapses the skin of the fruit upon itself thereb pressing out the juice in a particularly e ective manner. The present invention operates in accordance with this well known general principle. Among the objects of the invention is, not

. only to provide a juice extractor which is more than commonly effective for the purpose above noted, but which also is equally well adapted and highly eifective for various other uses, such as forextracting the juice from grapes or the like. Another object of the invention is to provide a juiceextracting device of a knockdown construc- 30 tion which emay be easily and quickly disassembled into a plurality of separate major sectional parts or pieces so'as to occupy only a small storage space when not in use and which ma be just as easily reassembled when the evice is desired for use. Another vobject of the invention is to construct the device in such a manner that all of the larger or principal parts thereof maybe die-cast, with the possible exception ofa base plate,

40 which may be ofwood but which also could be a suitable die-casting if so ,-desired.

Other] objects of the invention are convenience of use, includingthe cleaning of the device, as well as also in operatlng it for extracting juice. Other more'general objects of the invention are convenience and economy in manufacture, strength, dura-` bility, .and reliability.' Yet other objects and advantages of the invention will here inafter appear.

In carrying out the invention in a practical manner, the juice extractor is made up of three major readily detachable and separable sections, comprising a base plate, a main frame part including a bod upstanding from the base plate and -rigi y but detachably mounted thereon, and a plungercarrying operating lever which is detachably pivoted on such frame part to bereadily removed therefrom together with its plunger. Y

As another feature of the invention, a conveniently removable strainer plate is provided to form a bottom for the casing body within which the material is to be com- 05 pressed by the rearwardly moving plunger against a rear abutment wall, this caslng body being open at the front and the strainer plate being mounted so as to be slid out and removed at this open front end. Another 7o feature of the invention resides in the` fact that this bottom-forming strainer plate and also an upper or top `wall of the open-front casing body are arcuately curved from front to rear in concentric relation about van axis above the top plate and which forms the pivotal axis of the plun er-carrying lever, the pressing plunger itsel being of suilicient area and shaped so as to have a close sliding lit with both of these concentric walls, as so' well as also with sidewalls of this casing body, so-that thereby vsmall fruit or other material. including not only grapes but also various kinds of berries and the like, may have their yjuice effectively extracted.

As another feature of the invention, this slidably removable strainer 'plate is corrugated transversely of its width so that these corrugations form alternately ridges and de pressions running in parallel relation longi- 90 tudinally from the front endto the rear end of this strainer plate, openings for the escape of the extracted juice being provided through theI strainer plate-in the depressions between the ridges. A further feature in connection 9a with this corrugated strainer plate is thatv the lower .edge of the ressing plunger is also similarly corrugated in a manner complementary to the corrugationsof the strainer plate and having closepsliding interfittng 10o .litt

relation therewith. rll`he invention also turther comprchends various other features and combinations of parts, as will appear from the following description.

@ne embodiment of the invention is illus trated in the accompanying drawings and will now be described, the invention theretractor takcn on the horizontal line Q of.

Fig. l, withsome parts appearing in elevation;

Fig. 3 is a substantially vertical section taken on the zigzag line 3-3 ot Fig. 2:,

Fig. d is an enlarged front elevation oi the juice extractor, with a few parts in vertical section;

Fig. 5 is a plan View, drawn to the scale of Figs. l, 2 and 3, showing the strainer plate pan or tray in its removed condition; and

llig. 6 is a iront to rear vertical section of this strainer plate taken on the horizontal line G-G of ltig. 5.

The Jfollowing particular description et the embodiment of the invention shown in the accompanying drawings is to be construed as comprising within its intended meaning the provision Jfor making v rions changes and variations in the particular construction which is described and comin within the scope of the invention as deined in the claims. The particular embodiment of the invention shown in thc drawings has a strong and rigid tlat elongated rectangular base plate l which can be made from any suitable material and could be of cast metal, but which in the particular embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings is of suitable strong hard wood, such as maple, thus forming a baseboard, as is indicated in the drawings. Each corner of this baseboard is shown as provided on its lower side with a supporting foot comprising a molded rubber button 2 having a washer 3 embedded therein and secured to the baseboard by means of a screw d.

@n its upper side adjacent one of its ends and on its longitudinal center line the baseboard l rigidly carries lan upstanding cast metal bracket 5 which is firmly secured to the baseboard by means of a screw 6 passing upwardly through the baseboard and screwed into a screw-threaded socket formed in the o'lower side or bottom of. the bracket 5, this screw 6 having a Hat head countersunk flush into the lower side of the baseboard 1. rl`he otherwise fiat lower side of the upstanding bracket 5 is provided laterally' thereof with a pair of downwardly projecting sharp prongs or teeth 7 which bite into the upper miette side of the baseboard l to prevent rotative movement of the bracket 5. The baseboard l, together with its attached bracket 5, constitutes one of the major separable sections of the assembled juice extractor, as will presently more clearly appear.

Another independently separable major section oi the device is a one-piece cast. met-al main frame part which includes a body portion, to be hereinafter described, and a hollow post or tubular standard 8, the lower end of which is horizontally plane, to abut against the top of the baseboard l and to receive within it the upright bracket 5 in an eccentric position towards thc adjacent end oit the baseboard l, as shown more clearly in Fig. 2. For. convenience of description, well as other good reasons which will hereinafter appear, the left hand end of the completed device, as viewed in Figs. l and 2, will hereinafter be referred to as the rear, while the other or right hand end will e designated as the front of the machine. rThe lower end portion of the tubular standard 8 is flanged laterally outward and foin wardly in a substantially' crescent shape, thereby to provide a pair of laterally spaced forwardly projectin braces 9, which may be hollowed out on t cir lower sides as indi cated and the lower sides of which lie in the saine plane as the lower end of the standard 8 and thus lic upon the upper side or' the baseboard l, as shown most clearly in Figs. 53 and il.

The ends of the braces 9 vformed by these projecting base flanges are each provided with a downwardly projecting stud l0, which may be cast in the same piece therewith, as indicated in the drawings. rlhese lugs or studs l0 enter sockets or holes in the upper side the baseboard l and thus prevent rotative movement of the standard 8 about a vertical axis relatively to the baseboard l. The mainr frame piece, which includes the body of the device, is firmly and rigidly but detachably connected with the baseboard l by means of a horizontal coupling pin 1l which passes transversely entirely through the tubular standard l and at the same time through the upper end portion of the upstanding anchor bracket 5.

This coupling pin 11 is shown (Fig. il) as shouldered and provided with a rounded projectinghead at one of its ends, while its other end is provided with a tapering portion, whereby this coupling pin 11 may be readily pushed into place for securing the standard 8 to the baseboard 1, or may be easily withdrawn for thereby4 disconnecting ico the standard and baseboard from one an- `anchored to the bracket 5 by the removable coupling pin 11, then the standard 8` and the body thereon will be strongly and rigidly supported on the baseboard 1, and particularly its forward tilting movement will be prevented, by reason of the laterally spaced forwardly projecting braces 9.

At its extreme upper end in spaced relation above and substantially line with'the supporting standard v8A the main frame piece is provided with an upwardly projecting transversely elongated rounded pivot lug 12 which has a horizontal bore or hole longitudinally through it. -This pivot lug 12 is embraced at its ends by a yoke 13 which forms a bifurcation on the adjacent pivot end of a handle lever 14. This yoke 13 is detachably pivoted to the lug 12 by means of a removable pivot pin 15 which passes freely through both arms of this yoke and through the interposed lug 12. This pivot pin at one of its ends is provided with a projecting shoulder-forming head while its other projecting end is tapered, wher `y this pin may be conveniently and quickly removed or inserted, it being noted that this pin 15 forms both apivot pin and a coupling pin.

The operating lever or handle 14 normally projects in general towards the front and may swing in a verticalV plane over the forward end portion of the baseboard 1. The 'lever 14 has a short gooseneck portion 16 which terminates in the pivot yoke 13, and at the base of this gooseneck has a rearwardly extending branch arm or stem 17 which terminates at its rear endin a piston head or plunger 18, which has a flat rear face which is disposed in a plane parallel to the axis of the pivot pin 15, with this plane of the` plunger face passing to the rear of such axis. It will be noted that the handle lever 14a, together with the above described parts carried thereby and shownfas formed integral therewith in a single casting, constitute a third detachable or separable major sectional part of the complete machine.

' sharply arcuately convexly curved concen-` A bodyper se in the form of an open-l front casing or chamber is formed as a part in the same piecel with and interposed between the upper end of the supporting stand- -ard 8 and the pivot lug 12 at the top'. This casing chamber or receptacle has a top wall- 19 which isrelatively shortfromfront to rear and which fromfrontto rear is rather trically with the axis of the pivot pin 12,

' beneath which this Wallislocated and from the 'center of the concave part or upper side of which the pivot lug 12 rises, the convex side of this wall being'its lower or inner side, and it may be noted Ithatlthe walls of this casing body will be described with more particular reference to theirfshape or contour at the inside of this body. This;

top .wall 19 is shown as slightly concave transversely or in planes radial to the axis of the pivot pin 1 and as gradually merging.'I

along a somewhat sharper curve downward.

into parallel side walls 20. These side walls 20 at the rearl are connected together by a iiat end wall 21 which is disposed in a plane parallel with the axis of the pivot pin 15 and lying in a plane passing to the rear of this axis at a somewhat greater angle to a radial plane than the rear faceof the plunger 18, as above described. The upper portion 22 of this rear wall -21 is oifset inwardly or forwardly, thereby to form an inner downwardly facing shoulder at 23.

lThe side walls 20 are offset outwardly at 24, thereby to provide downwardl facing guide shoulders at the inside, an the extreme lower portions of these side walls are turned inwardly on a curve toform ,other upwardly facing guide shoulders at 25. A lowermost bottom wall 26 integrally connects together the shoulder-forming portions 25 of the side walls 20 and at the rear is integrally Vjoined with the rear wall 21, from which this bottom wall 26 extends forwardly on a'. sli ht downward inclination and as it passes front spout, the transverse shape of which is shown inFig. 4, the front spout-forming end of this bottom wall 26 terminating in a vertical transverse plane, as appears in Fic. 2. Both the upper and the lower gui e shoulders24 and 25 have an arcuate curvev about the pivot pin l5 and concentric with the curvature of the inner side of the upper wall 19, for a purpose which will presently appear'. The front edges of the side walls 20 are straight andincline upwardly and rearwardly from the front edge of the bottom 26 to the front edge of the shorter top orwardly gradually merges into a wall 19. The upper end of the tubular standard 8- is integrally joined with this bottom wall 26 of the casin towards the rear thereof, with the spoutorming front portion of this bottom wall 26 projecting forwardly for some distance away from the standard 8.

A readily removable strainer plate 27 forms an inner bottom wall for the casing in spaced relation above its lowermost botupwardly above the side w'alls 28 on a gradually Irounded curve along its edge, as .indicated in dotted lines inV Fig. 4.v This strainer plate 27 is in eneral of rectilinear sha transversely or om side to side between lts upstanding side walls 28, but together with its Side walls 28 is shaped to have'an-arcuate concaveqcurve from front to rear with respect to its upper or inner side. The upi 25 have a curvature from front to rear which is complementary to that of the strainer plate 27 and its side walls 28, this curvature being about the axis of the pivot pin 15 as a center and being concentric with the inner front-to-rear convex arcuate curvature of the upper Wall 19.

rlhe arcuate side walls 28 of the strainer' plate 27 are freely slidable between the lower portions of the side walls 20, being guided above and below by the shoulders 2t and 25 respectively, the inner faces of these side walls 28 being flush with the inner faces of the side walls 20 above the 'shoulders 24. The inner shoulder 23 formed between the lower and upper portions 21 and 22 of the rear wall of the casing body is of a contour complementary to that of the upper edge of the rear wall 29 of the strainer, so that thereby this rear wall 29 may abut flatly against the lower rear Wall portion 21 of the casing body with the inner or front face of this strainer wall 29 flush with the inner face of the upper portion 22 of the rear wall of the casing body. The strainer plate 27 at its front end is provided with a right angular downwardly projecting flange 30 which provides a convenient linger hold for withdrawing and removing this strainer plate in order that it may be more edectively cleaned.

rlhe pressing plunger 18 is shaped to have a rather close but at the same time free slidingt within the above described open front casing body, this plunger 18 being shaped to follow the inner contour of the walls 19, 2G, 27 and 28 as is most clearly shown in Fig. 3. 4 The strainer plate 27 is provided throughout its width with a transverse series of corrugations which extend smoothly and continuously from the front to the rear end of this plate and which thus form transversely of this plate alternating ridges and intervening depressions. 'lhe lower edge of the plunger 18 is similarly corrugated complementary to the corrugations of the strainer plate 27, so that thereby the corrugations of the plunger have an interfitting relation with the corrugations of the strainer' plate, as shown in Fig. 3.

rll`he strainer plate 27 has through it a sen ries of longitudinally slotted strainer openings 31 extending along the middle line of each of the depressions formed between the ridges of the corrugations. 'llhe number of such slots 31 in each such series is shown as three, although this number may be varied. These successive longitudinally aligned slots 31 are shown as of diderent lengths and as differently arranged in each such series in such a manner that the slots in any one such series break joints with or are disposed in relatively overlapping relation with the slots of the adjacent series in alternating relation transversely of the strainer plate. 'llhe front animate ends of all of the front slots terminate even with one another along a line adjacent to the front end of the strainer plate, while the rear ends of thev rear slots similarly terminate along a line more closely adjacent, although to a small extent spaced forwardly from, the fiat upright rear wall 29 of this strainer plate.

ln addition to these strainer slots 31, elbow-shaped slots 32 are formed in the rear lower corner portion of the tray or pan formed by the strainer, plate, each of these slots 32 having an upwardl extending portion in the rear Wall 29. ll of these slots 32 terminate at their upper ends `on a horizontal line substantially at the level of the upper edges of the adjacent rear portions of the strainer plate side walls 28. 'lhe lower portions of these angular slots 32 extend forward for a short distance into the bottom wall formed by the strainer plate 27. These corner slots 32 are disposed transversely in alternating relation with the adjacent longitudinal slots 31, and thus the forwardly eX- tending portions of these slots 32 extend between and in relatively overlapping relation with the adjacent end portions of the longitudinal bottom slots 31, so that therefore the forwardly extending end portions of these slots 32 are in the tops or crests of the ridges formed by the corrugations in the strainer plate 27.

rlhese angular corner slots 32 supplement the longitudinal slots 31 in providing at this point further freedom for the escape of the pressed out juice. lt will be noted in this connection that the upright portions of these corner slots 32 in the rear wall 29 of the strainer plate will be closed at the back thereof by reason of this rear wall 29 abutting, as shown in Fig. 2, flatly against the inner face of the rear wall 21 ofthe casing chamber, but these slots 32 are open through out at their lower end portions and accordingly may freely drain downwardly.

ln the fully inserted position of the plunger 18 into the above described empty casing chamber, as vshown in Fig. 2, it will be noted that the lower edge of the plunger- 18 comes into Contact with the lower portion of the rear wall 29 of the strainer plate, while the upper edge portion of the front face of this plunger is shown as being slightly spaced forwardly from the adjacent inner, face of the upper portion 22 of the rear casing wall. llt will be understood,` however, that when fruit or other material which has been compressed is interposed between the plunger 18 and the opposed abutment wall therefor, which is formed in part by the inner face of the upper rear wall portion 22 of the casing and in part by the inner face of the rear wall 29 of the strainer plate, then the different angular position of the plunger 18 will bring .it more nearly into ISL . parallelism with this two-part rear abutment wall of the casing. However, it has been found desirable to provide, as indi- V cated, a slightly greater s acing at the top 5 of the casing chamber, between its rear abutment wall and the plunger 18, in the final operated position of the latter, by realson of the fact that when a fruit half, such as that of an orange, is placed on the strainer plate 27 with its raw or cut side downward the folding together of the skin of this uit half when it is collapsed Vtogether by the advancing plunger will require slightliy more space at the top by reason of the old in the fruit skin. Y

It is believed that the construction of the embodiment of the invention shown in the drawings has now been fully described and that but little remains to be said as to its manner of operation, which appears to be obvious. 'By merely withdrawing the pivot pin 15 and the anchor pin 11, the assembled device becomes separated into three major sections which may be convenientlyA and quickly reassembled into the complete machine. This not only provides for shi ment and storage in smaller packages, but or the Y user, it enables the three separate pieces of the device tobe tucked away, either together or separately, so as to occupy but little ipace in-a household cupboard closet or the e. j It is obvious that therpressing plunger 18 may be withdrawn from the open front of the pressing chamber or casing by swinging the handle 14 upwardly and towards the rear from the position thereofv shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and this handle, if desired,

may be thus swung-over rearwardly to the rear of its pivot pin 15 to a rearmost position` in which the yoke 13, in which the gooseneok portion 16 terminates, comes into engagement with the upper side of the rear portion of the top wall 19 of the casing, so as then to be maintained in this position by gravity. With the pressing plunger 18'out of the casing chamber and swung upwardly suiiiciently 4'to be out of the way, any substance or material whose vjuice is to be pressed out may be -laid in the chamber to rest upon the strainer plate 27. In the case of fruit such as oranges, grapefruit and the like, which have rather thick and tough skins, a cut half of such fruit is placed on the strainer plate 27 with its cut Side down. Then, when the handle 14 is brought down, the plunger 18 will compress and collapse this fruit half, effectively pressing out its juice which willflow throug the slots 31 of the strainer plate, and inthe final ortion of the compreionl particularly, will also I llow out through the rear corner slots 32 and dropnupon tthe lowermost bottom wall 26 of the casi ,rfrom'which it will iow forwardly out t ough the front spout.

In the case of fruits or the-like of small size, such as berries, currants, or grapes, for example, the juice also will be effectively pressed out by reason of the fact, as above noted, that the plunger 18 has a close sliding fitl in the casing including its upper removable bottom wall formed by the corrugated strainerplate 27, so that thereby the material being pressed cannot escape around the plunger. The skins and pulp remain in the pan formed by the strainer plate, which may be withdrawn at the open front of the Y the drawings and above particularly described, within the principle and scope of the invention' as 'defined in the appended claims. Y j

I claim:

1. In a ,juice extractor, a strainer'y in the form of a pan comprising a concave arcuatelycurved bottom having upright side Walls and one end wall only with its other end open, the said concave bottom being corrugated to form continuous ridges extending longitudinally from adjacent the said open end to a point adjacent the said rear wall and having through it a series of longitudinall i slotted strainer openings extending a ong the bottom of the depression formed between each pair of the said ridges, the said pan being provided in its lower lrear corner with a transverse series of elbowshaped 4strainer slots extending vertically downward in the lower portion of the said rear wall and continuing forward into the rear portion of the said bottom into the crests of the 'said ridges and in intervening relation with the rear end ortions 'of the rearmost slots belonging to t e said series of slots through the bottom.

4'2. In a juice extractor, the combination of `a frame havinga casing body formed therein, the casi-ngv body being open at the front and having a rear wall and sidewalls and a top wall which is interiorly convexlyw arcuately curved from front tov rear about a horizontal transverse axis on tne frame above said 'ton wall, a strainer plate in the form of a tray which forms a removable botmay be made in the construction shown in 85" wall, a handle lever pivoted on the frame to rock about the said axis, and a plunger rigidly carried by the handle lever and shaped to have a close sliding tit in the said casing body relatively to its said top and bottom and side walls.

3. rThe invention defined in claim 2, in combination with a lowermost bottom wall for the said casing body rigid therewith in spaced relation below the removable bottom wall formed by said strainer plate, this lowermost bottom wall being inclined downwardly and forwardly from the said rear wall to the open front of the casing and shaped there to form a spout, and a sup-` porting standard forming a part of the said frame and having a rigid connection at its upper end to the said lowermost bottom wall in spaced relation at the rear oi the said front spout formed thereby.

4l. The invention defined inI claim 2, in which the said strainer plate is transversely corrugated throughout its width with the said corrugations extending continuously throughout its length from its front and to its rear end, strainer openings being provided through said plate along the bottom oi' the depressions between the ridges tormed by the said corrugations and the lower edge of the said plunger being provided with corrugations complementary to those ot the strainer plate and having an interfitting relation therewith.

5. 'llhe invention defined in claim 2, in combination with upright parallel side walls formed'on the said strainer plate and slidably countersunk into the lower portion of the said side walls of the casing ush therewith, and a rear wall formed on the said strainer plate extending between its side walls and countersunk into the lower portion oi the said rear wall oi the casing flush therewith so as to form therewith an abutment wall which is opposed to the said plunger.

6. rThe invention defined in claim 2, in combination with upright parallel side walls formed on the said strainer plate and slidably countersunk into the lower portion or the said side walls of the casing ush therewith, and a rear wall formed on the said strainer plate extending 4between its side walls and countersunk into the lower portion of the said rear wall of the casing Hush therewith so as to orm therewith an abutment wall which is opposed to the said plunger, the said rear wall of the strainer plate being provided in its lower portion with a transverse series of vertical slots which extend downwardly and are continued forwardly intothe bottom portion of this strainer plate, the portion ot said slots in the rear wall of the strainer plate being closed at the back by the said rear wall oi intatta the casing, but being open downwardly at their lower ends.

7. 'lhe invention defined in claim 2, in combination with upright parallel side walls formed on the said strainer plate and slidably countersunk into the lower portion of the said side walls of the casing tlush therewith, and a rear wall formed on the said strainer plate extending between its side walls and countersunk into the lower ortion ot the said rear wall ot the casing ush therewith so as to form therewith an abutmentwall which is opposed` to the said plunger, the said rear wall ot the strainer plate being provided in its lower portion with a transverse series of vertical slots which extend downwardly and are continued forwardly into the bottom portion of this strainer plate, the portion or said slots in the rear wall of the strainer plate being' closed at the back by the said rear wall of the casing but being open downwardly at their lower ends, the said casing body bottorn formed by the strainer plate having through it longitudinal slots which at their rear ends extend between the forwardly extending portions of the said slots which extend into the rear wall of this strainer plate.

8. linfa juice extractor having a frame and a handle lever projecting therefrom and pivoted thereon on a horizontal axis for movement in a vertical plane to operate the extractor, a supporting leg rigidly carrying the said J.Eraine, an upwar y projecting immovably mounted anchor bracket, and means for rigidly detachably connecting the lower4 end portion of said leg to the anchor bracket. 9. lin a juice extractor having a frame and a handle lever projecting therefrom and pivoted thereon on a horizontal axis for .movement in a vertical plane to operate the extractor, a supporting leg rigidly carrying the said trame, an upwardly projecting immovably mounted anchor bracket, and means for rigidly detachably connecting the lower end portion oi said leg to the anchor bracket, the said leg being in-the form of a hollow standard and the said upstanding anchor bracket being received into the lower end thereof, andthe said detachable connecting means comprising a removable pin passing horizontally transversely through the said hollow leg and the said upstanding lanchor bracket.

10. ln a juice extractor having a body and a handle lever pivoted thereon to be swung downwardly in the extracting operation, a base plate extending horizontally beneath the said body and lever, a support for the said .body rigidly connected thereto and having widely spaced points of contact with the said base piece along the direction invwhich the said lever extends, an upstanding anchor bracket carried by the said base llO late adjacent one end thereof, and means or detachably connecting the'said support ard and through the upper to the anchor bracket at a point on the said support adjacent to a point of contact of such support with said base plate which is spaced away from its other said points of contact in a direction removed from the free end of the said handle lever, said means comprising a transversely removable coupling pin to permit the said lever-carrying body to be detached from the said bracket-carrying base piece.l l

11.111 a juice extractor having a body part and a handle lever pivoted thereon to be swung in a vertical plane in the extracting operation,l a tubular standardrigidly connected to and'extending down from the said body part and having an enlarged flanged base portion projecting horizontally in the same direction that the said leverswings, an elongated horizontal. base plate above which the said lever may swing and upom one end portion of which the said standard may rest adjacent the said end with its said flange enlargement also resting on the said base plate below the said handle, an anchor bracket projecting upwardl from said base plate to be received into t e lower end of the said standard, a 'screw headed beneath and passing upwardly through the said base plate into threaded engagement with the said bracket for firmly securing the latter on the base plate, and a removable coupling pin passing transversely through the standsaid bracket for thereby detac ably connecting together the said handle-carrying body part and the said bracket-carrying base plate.

12. In a juice extractor, the combination of a body forming a casing having top, bottom and sidewalls and openat the front, the bottom Wall being inclined downwardly and forwardly and being shaped inthe' form of a spout at the front end thereof, a strainerplate above the bottom wall mounted between the lower portions of the sidewalls so las to be slid out towards and removed l through the open front end of the casing,

and means for applying pressure in a front and rear direction parallel with the upper surface of the strainer plate to material resting thereon.

In witness whereof, I hereuntol subscribe my signature.

a LOUIS H. MORIN.

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